Georgian FM: Teens will be Released Soon

Four under aged Georgians, held in Tskhinvali since November 4, “will be released soon,” Grigol Vashadze, the Georgian foreign minister, said on Monday.

“Abduction of these juveniles has showed once again whom we have deal with,” he said. “Forcing under aged [detainees] to enter plea of guilt and linking them with TNT and hand-grenades is simply disgraceful; it goes well beyond immorality.”

Four teenagers, between 14 and 17 years old, were accused by the authorities in breakaway South Ossetia of “illegal crossing the border and possession of explosives.”

An announcement posted on the breakaway region’s governmental website on November 9, says that the teenagers have denied possession of any explosives. According to the same announcement representatives from Tskhinvali office of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited teenagers in the detention center.

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